Capturing the essence of elegance in fine dining, I was impressed from the moment I entered the grand foyer of the I. W. Club. Having enjoyed many wonderful brunches with close friends and family, I was excited to see what Chef Chris Olsen has created for this season’s menu. Chef Olsen participated in the Crater Lake Chef Challenge, offering...
by Mike Livingston; Host, The Clubhouse Radio Show
It seems like just yesterday when Tiger Woods shocked the sporting world with his endorsement deal with Phil Knight and Nike, Inc. that was to pay him $100 million for ten years….OMG, OMG, OMG! We would have texted back then….However, times change and paltry amounts like $100 million seem like chump change...
We just changed our smoke detector batteries with daylight savings this weekend for fire preventive measures. Flu season is among us and like fire prevention, it’s important to take cold/flu preventive measures. Emergency rooms become saturated this time of year due to those with the flu. Unfortunately this may delay those that have significant health/medical issues or injuries from...
Week of November 8
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The data that's stored and disseminated on the Internet is unimaginably voluminous. And yet the 540 billion trillion electrons that carry all this information weigh about the same as a strawberry. I'd like to use this fun fact as a metaphor for the work you're doing these days...
This week I am introducing not only myself, but the local school districts of our Coachella Valley. I am a mathematics resource teacher with a local private school. I have a great interest in education, and hope to spark the same interest in my readers. I hope to encourage the issues of local education in everyone. Whether you have...
SKYFALL
Hard to believe it’s been 50 years since the first Bond movie opened. This 23rd entry in the series raises the bar for this remarkable film franchise that shows no signs of letting up. Brace yourself for the crazy opening action sequence that segues into a story that not only tests Bond’s loyalty to Judi Dench’s M (her past...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Speaking of—and for Veterans Day November 11, we want to salute the heroes---and “she-roes,” as poet Maya Angelou calls our other gender in the military---who know that in the words of an anonymous, unrealized poet, “Freedom is never free.” Do your part by attending one of the many tributes being held in our Coachella Valley. In Cathedral...
Growing up on a ranch off Madison Street in Indio, Nano, (aka: Fernando Venegas,) was always playing outside. Being the middle child out of eight siblings, there was always lots of noise, “we were never bored,” laughs Nano. His grandmother noticed that he was vertically challenged as a child so she gave him the nick name, “Nano,” meaning short...
A thief starts off with a Booster bag which is a large bag with a false bottom. To use it you set it down over a slightly smaller bag or product.
The Booster Bag is Hollow and has a spring loaded bottom. When it is placed over another item, the spring loaded bottom secures the item about to be stolen...
Ruth Moir, the Coachella Valley’s matriarch in music education, is the president and founder of The Steinway Society of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley. This organization provides our community with 8 music programs, 5 of these are music education programs in the schools. The Society is committed to excellence in music education for all children.
It all started when...
Sub Rosa is an apt title for singer-songwriter
Jesse Harris’ new album. A Latin word meaning “secret” or
“private,” it perfectly describes Harris’ role as Pop music’s
best kept secret.
Jesse Harris began recording at the turn of the 21th
century. (He has released 10 albums since 1999). By 2003 he
won a Grammy Award for writing Norah Jones’ breakthrough
hit, “I Don’t Know Why.”
Harris actually...
If you could live an extra ten years in life and be healthier by changing your diet, would you?
That is the question posed due to the results of a recent Loma Linda University study of 96,000 Seventh Day Adventists. Their ten-year study found that Adventists, who live a lifestyle that promotes vegetarianism, live 9.5 years longer if they are...
by Heidi Simmons
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Wild: From Lost to Found on The Pacific Crest Trail
Memoir
By Cheryl Strayed
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There are times when getting away from it all is good for your mental health. But an eleven hundred mile trek into the vast wilderness without camping experience, doing it alone and being a young female, may seem more insane and self-destructive than healthy.
Cheryl Strayed’s memoir,...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
In association with Chi-Chi Productions, Lyons English Grille located at 233 East Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, continues “The Legends At Lyons” series on Monday, November 12, with the Iconic Hollywood Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, Mickey Rooney. The Dinner Seating begins at 6 p.m. with Showtime at 7 p.m. The cost for “An...
By Rick Riozza
And like a firestorm, we are all taken by surprise by the new and great changes going on at Roc’s Firehouse Grille in Palm Desert, on Cook Street and Gerald Ford.
Of course Roc’s not only maintains itself as the great comfort food “firehouse” venue where deli sandwiches, salads, and burgers meet sport’s bar appetizers, but they’ve really...
By Lisa Morgan
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally here!!! One of the best block parties of the year, the second annual, Perez Road Fall Festival, is happening this Saturday, November 10th and it’s packed with fun for the entire family. Come out and celebrate the arrival of our beautiful fall weather while being fed, entertained and enchanted by the fantastic...
Palm Springs Air Museum - Saturday, November 3 2012
Local beer Home Brew contest sets new record for entries
Palm Springs -- Home Brewing Competition -- A “Sanctioned” Home Brew Competition is a huge part of the upcoming Props and Hops Craft Beer Conclave and the official judging took place this past Saturday with the help of the Coachella Valley Home Brewers...
Sunday, November 18th @ Mission Lakes Country Club
By Lisa Morgan
“There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as...
By Lisa Morgan
Mario Batali, the famous Italian, chef and television personality says, “There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who are Italian and those who want to be Italian.” Lucky for all of us, Desert Arc, the amazing organization that has provided opportunities for thousands of people with disabilities since 1959, is now providing the opportunity...
For twelve weeks, Crater Lake Vodka and Fixtures Living in Rancho Mirage have brought us the valley’s first major cooking competition, featuring the best chefs the Coachella Valley has to offer. Each week we watched these talented chefs compete, offering incredible delicacies and showing off their expertise for increasing crowds. It was a pleasure to be a part of...
Greater Palm Springs Pride November 1st – 4th, Thursday – Sunday
By Lisa Morgan
A weekend absolutely full of unprecedented entertainment, events and celebration is being brought to the Coachella Valley once again by The Greater Palm Springs Pride this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 2-4th. “Long May it Wave” is this year’s banner as the LBGT pays tribute to...
By Lisa Morgan
Gold Rush comes to Agua Caliente’s Lounge this Saturday, November 3rd packing a full arsenal of contemporary country music with performances that will knock your boots off right along with your socks. The toe tapping, line dancing, two stepping to their high energy contemporary country music begins at 9 pm. Believe me when I say, if you...
By Lisa Morgan
Palm Desert Country Club has been around for 50 years. But if you haven’t been there within the last year, you really HAVEN’T been to the new Palm Desert Country Club. According to Sales and Marketing Director, Sean Haggerty, the new beauty of the place is all thanks to new owners, PD Golf Operations, who acquired the...
By Rick Riozza
Really! When we think Italian, artistry always comes to mind. Be it music, art, sculpture, fashion—you name it, Italian culture has always been at the forefront—raised the bar.
And it’s been said that Italy is one giant elongated vineyard with one huge and abundant farmers’ market. In Italian it’s known as Abbondanza!
On the evening of this November 9th,...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Saxophonist, Reggie “Vision” Alexander, is also a very good vocalist and performs solo every Sunday and Tuesday from 6:30 until 10:30 p.m. at the Three Sixty North Lounge and Restaurant at 360 North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. He also performs there every Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in “The Gang” with vocalist Darci Daniels. (760) 327-1773....
Every year 1 in 6 Americans gets sick from food borne illnesses according to the CDC. Cross-contamination, the primary culprit, is the transfer of harmful bacteria from raw meats, poultry or seafood to other foods that you eat. Here are a few simple things you can do to keep this from happening at your house.
First, when shopping, wipe down...
Public Benefit School to be opened 2013, Coachella Valley.
Support and Education for Local Music and Arts (”Selma Grows”), including all of its Chapters, will admit students/members of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis...
DENZEL WASHINGTON SOARS IN REDEMPTIVE REHAB DRAMA
FLIGHT
This is not the movie the poster and trailer hint at. When theater owner Steve Mason asked the audience of the Palm d’Or screening I attended: “Is this the movie you expected?” The packed house shouted as one voice, “No!” Screenwriter John Gatins, who was in attendance, was startled then laughed. This is...
It’s time to change our clocks this coming Sunday November 4th “back” for daylight savings and when we do that it’s a good time to change our smoke detector batteries and check their condition says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. Roughly two-thirds of home fire deaths occurred in homes without working smoke alarms. Since most fatal fires occur at night,...
The energy in the hotel ballroom was electric as 1500 animal lovers from all over the country gathered in Las Vegas last week for the Best Friends' 2012 conference, NO MORE HOMELESS PETS. Social media, fundraising, increasing shelter adoptions, non-surgical spay and neuter, dog behavior 101, trap/neuter/return for cats, writing winning grant proposals.....it became a challenge to know which...
While I am certain that I will never run out of restaurants in the valley in which to dine, there are some that I wish I could review over and over again! Having judged the Crater Lake Chef Challenge for several weeks and recently awarding La Brasserie’s Chef Emmanuel Janin the winner, I knew I had to visit this...
Have you knocked on wood? Have you crossed your fingers? Have you avoided walking under an open ladder? Also, do you carry a lucky charm? Therefore, it is likely you are superstitious. Although you may not depend on your superstitions to make decisions, you may be surprised as to the population who does. Superstition may occur in your life...
An oil and gas drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is polluting well water with known carcinogens while causing earthquakes across the United States. Except for Vermont, no other state and federal governmental entity bans the practice. The Safe Drinking Water Act should have protected us but in 2005, the Bush administration exempted the fracking process from the...
Scars tell a story and act as a reminder of what happened to us “back when”. Some people bear their scars with pride while others see them as a blemish. Typically a scar appears from a trauma that has injured delicate tissue. Scars can happen on the surface of the skin or deep within the organs of the body....
by Mike Livingston; Host, The Clubhouse Radio Show
It used to be that they’d call anything after the Tour Championship, “the silly season”. That being, anything in the Fall meant that the actual season had ended, points and Tour ranking had been established for next year and anything you were doing now was to work on your game, keep it...
Week of November 1
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren't likely to make an immediate practical impact. They are subtle and deep, these prospects. They have the potential of catalyzing monumental shifts in your long-term unfolding, but will take a while...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
We’re already deep into the season of fundraising luncheons that send the bathroom scale into overdrive, the glamour glut of benefit galas with its best-dressed group hugs, the happy meets-and-greets at openings and anniversaries of new ventures, musical performances and theatrical shows, the heart-felt welcomes to returning snowbirds winging in, and the presentation of awards to those...
Growing up on the East Coast in Philadelphia, Dave Acosta knew he loved music so much that at the age of 12 he tried to get a job at local radio station. Although he was told by the program director he was too young, Dave did not let that dampen his enthusiasm for music. He began making cassette tapes...
In the Treasure of Sierra Madre the concern was “Badges, we don’t need no stinking badges!….but today the concern is that the poor and celebrities Don’t need/get no stinking fair trial!
It is challenging for the poor and celebrities to get justice in our court system. The poor can not afford a lawyer or at least a good lawyer. If...
(Imaveepee Records/Sony Music)
If it were possible for Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi and
Power Pop progenitor Todd Rundgren to create a love child, his
name would be Ben Folds!
Back in the mid 90s, Ben Folds stood out in an era of
flannel, piercings and greasy hair. Pianist Ben Folds partnered
with drummer Darren Jessee and bassist Robert Sledge, forming
their trio, Ben Folds Five, in...
By Lisa Morgan
“It never rains on OUR parade,” boasts Mike Hardin, Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade Chairman. He should know as he and his Lock Shop have participated in the annual parade for the past 36 years. This 48th Annual Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade, themed “American Pride” in honor of the upcoming elections, will be headed westbound on...
With the competition nearing a close, the Crater Lake Chef Challenge is heating up and the chefs are managing to create the most impressive dishes in limited time. Now that we are wrapping up the semi-finals and preparing for the finals, judges are expecting the talent to only improve as these chefs have shown amazing capabilities. As a regular...
Thursday, October 25:
2nd ANNUAL ZOMBIE WALK PALM SPRINGS
Corner of South Palm Canyon & Baristo
WHEN: 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 25, 2012
Zombie Walk Palm Springs is an annual event. An organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. The participants will make their way through the PALM SPRINGS VILLAGEFEST as a type of street theatre.
$5 OR $3...
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Friday, November 2 @ 7 pm
By Lisa Morgan
Hilariously naughty vaudeville and burlesque comedy with world class music will descend upon the city of La Quinta with a playbill heavy enough to pack any playhouse in New York. The La Quinta Theater Company brings you "A Handful O’ Nickels" Friday, November 2nd, 7 pm at the La Quinta...
Oct. 28th 12pm-8pm
At Musicians Outlet, Musicians Outlet 26th Anniversary Concert and Sale ~ October 28th @ 12pm – 8pm
By Lisa Morgan
After over a quarter of a century of providing instruments, sound equipment and accessories to our valley’s vast numbers of talented musical entrepreneurs, Musician’s Outlet has become more than a local business, it is an institution. Opened by Randy...
by Rick Riozza
Fifty years ago the Napa and Sonoma Valleys were the “new” wine sweetheart locales where the world came to the Tuscan-like landscape and made world class wines. Soon everyone will again take notice of another world class wine region that has emerged: Lake County, California.
So we all rolled up to wine and dine at Escena’s Lounge &...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Presented by the McCallum Theatre and KJJZ’s Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald, Spanish guitarist, Benise, kicks off the 14th year of concerts for “Fitz’s Jazz Cafe” on Friday, November 2, at 8 p.m. in “Benise - En Fuego!” at the McCallum Theatre, 73-000 Fred Waring Drive in Palm Desert. Tickets are available on-line at www.McCallumTheatre.com or call the box...
Pop-Up restaurants are all the rage. In Finland, a Pop-Up or temporary restaurant recently opened in a mining shaft. In London, one was erected overlooking the Thames River. The Cube, a Pop-Up restaurant which started in Milan, is a 1,200 sf. glass and aluminum Pop-Up dining structure that operates for a short period at various landmarks around Europe and...
DISCOUNT SCARES DELIVER BIG OF HALLOWEEN TREATS
For years, I’ve posted or published a “Do It Yourself Halloween Horror Film Fest” that’s just about exhausted the best as well as the most obscure (but still cool) horror films from the earliest days of cinema to the present. Home video distributor Mill Creek has been in the business of collecting mostly...
Coachella Valley cats recently celebrated the opening of their own special veterinary clinic in Cathedral City. The Cat Clinic is an amazing cat-only facility specially designed for the unique psychological well being and medical needs of our feline friends. When you enter the quiet serene waiting room there are no barking dogs! Tastefully decorated with colorful Laurel Burch wooden...
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